that and what we see out of the harvest in south america will determine the price for grain in 2013. >> tom: a look at the commodities and the federal reserve. lincoln ellis with us, werethe strategic financial group. and the federal reserve's big move. and that looming fiscal cliff, we'll have an update on that tomorrow. >> susie: investors were on fed-watch, tom, and it was very interesting watching the blue chip dow average as ben bernanke was giving his press conference. the dow got as high at 80 points, and the more he talked about the fiscal cliff and other issues facing the economy, it went down, down, down, closing down three points. >> tom: any of the enthusiasm that came out when the federal reserve announced it was going to continue to buy bonds slowly deflated throughout the afternoon, the longer the chairman tended to speak. there was less enthusiasm about what the federal reserve is doing. maybe less concern about why the federal reserve is doing it. let's go ahead and take a look at our "market focus." the major stock indices couldn't hold on to their midday gains as t